WO2012175136A2 - Commande d'interférence - Google Patents

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WO2012175136A2
WO2012175136A2 PCT/EP2011/060550 EP2011060550W WO2012175136A2 WO 2012175136 A2 WO2012175136 A2 WO 2012175136A2 EP 2011060550 W EP2011060550 W EP 2011060550W WO 2012175136 A2 WO2012175136 A2 WO 2012175136A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • This disclosure relates to interference control in a communication environment where a plurality of local access nodes can be provided.
  • a communication system can be seen as a facility that enables communication sessions between two or more nodes such as fixed or mobile communication devices, base stations, servers and so on.
  • a communication system and compatible communicating nodes typically operate in accordance with a given standard or specification which sets out what the various entities associated with the system are permitted to do and how that should be achieved.
  • the standards, spe ⁇ cifications and related protocols can define the manner how various aspects of communication shall be implemented between communicating devices.
  • a communication can be carried on wired or wireless carriers. In a wireless communication system at least a part of communications between the nodes occurs over one of more wireless links.
  • wireless systems include public land mobile networks (PLMN) such as cellular networks, satel ⁇ lite based communication systems and different wireless local systems, for example wireless local area networks (WLAN) and stations proving local service areas.
  • PLMN public land mobile networks
  • WLAN wireless local area networks
  • a wireless system can be divided into cells or other radio coverage or service areas.
  • a radio service area is provided by a station. Radio service areas can overlap, and thus a communication device in an area can typically send signals to and receive signals from more than one station.
  • An example of wireless communica- tion systems is an architecture that is being standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) . This system is often referred to as the long-term evolution (LTE) of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) radio- access technology.
  • LTE-Advanced A further development of the LTE-Advanced .
  • a user can access the communication system by means of an appropriate communication device.
  • a communication device of a user is often referred to as user equipment (UE) or ter- minal .
  • a communication device is provided with an appropriate signal receiving and transmitting arrangement for enabling communications with other parties.
  • a communication device is used for enabling receiving and transmission of communications such as speech and data.
  • a communication device provides a transceiver station that can communicate with another communication device such as e.g. a base station and/or another user equipment.
  • the commu ⁇ nication device may access a carrier provided by a station and transmit and/or receive communications on the carrier.
  • a communication system can comprise different types of radio service areas providing transmission/reception points for the users.
  • the transmis ⁇ sion/reception points can comprise wide area network nodes such as a macro eNode B (eNB) which may, for example, provide coverage for an entire cell or similar radio service area.
  • Network nodes can also be small or local radio service area network nodes.
  • Such nodes are called, for example, Home eNBs (HeNB) or femto nodes and pico eNodeBs (pico-eNB) .
  • HeNB Home eNBs
  • pico-eNB pico eNodeBs
  • the range of a picocell is 200 meters or less, and a femtocell is on the order of 10 meters.
  • the smaller radio service areas can be located wholly or partial ⁇ ly within a larger radio service area. A user equipment may thus be located within, and thus communicate with, more than one radio service area.
  • the nodes of the smaller radio ser ⁇ vice areas may be configured to support local offload.
  • the local nodes can also, for example, be configured
  • Deployment of local access nodes such as femto nodes is not coordinated.
  • the random position of the femto access nodes can result a situation where collocated femto nodes are randomly positioned close next to each other. For example, there may only be a relatively thin wall between them, either horizontally or vertically, in a populated residential or of ⁇ fice building block or area.
  • Those femto access nodes may se ⁇ verely interfere with each other, in particular if operating on same or shared spectrum resource, especially in highly- loaded traffic situations. This can result in an operation- and-performance outage that can affect all involved collo ⁇ cated femto access nodes.
  • Time division multiplexing (TDM) based semi-static time ⁇ sharing and frequency division multiplexing (FDM) based semi- static partitioning coordination between collocated femto access nodes have been studied by the 3GPP in an attempt to resolve the problem.
  • TDM Time division multiplexing
  • FDM frequency division multiplexing
  • These coordination techniques may not be able to appropriately resolve the interference is ⁇ sue in all occasions, for example in enhancing or resolving possible co-channel outage on cell-specific fixed control channels affecting normal cell operations.
  • Embodiments of the invention aim to address one or sev ⁇ eral of the above issues.
  • a me ⁇ thod for controlling interference comprising initiating co- operation between at least two access nodes in response to an indication of interference affecting wireless communications by access nodes, determining at least one local access node for discontinued wireless communications, and causing discon ⁇ tinuation of at least a part of wireless communications of the at least one local access node.
  • an apparatus for interference control comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to initiate cooperation between at least two access nodes in response to an indication of interference af ⁇ fecting wireless communications by access nodes, determine at least one local access node for discontinued wireless commu- nications, and cause discontinuation of at least a part of wireless communications of the at least one local access node .
  • an apparatus for a communication device comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to detect an existing interference control mechanisms affecting operation of a local access node associated with the communication device, and in response thereto select another access node for wireless communica ⁇ tions .
  • the at least one local access node is switched into a discontinuous recep ⁇ tion and transmission mode or a stand-by mode.
  • the wireless communications can be discontinued on a shared spectrum re- source or a channel resource.
  • a transmitter of the at least one local access node may be switched off.
  • At least one communication device that is affected by the discontinued communications can be relocated from the at least one local access node.
  • the at least one local access node may provide a femto cell.
  • the relocation may comprise handing the at least one communication device over to a femto cell, a pico cell or a macro cell.
  • Control of cooperation between local access nodes may be centralised or at least partially distributed.
  • Cooperation control may be based on at least one of a list of participating local access nodes, a list of users, predefined conditions triggering discontinued communications, and a policy for selecting local access nodes for discontin- ued communications.
  • the cooperation may be triggered by an indication of at least one of outage on a control channel, outage on a shared radio resource, drop in radio performance, and a number of active local access nodes exceeding a threshold.
  • One or more local access nodes may be determined based on at least one of: they have most neighbours, serve best- effort traffic, have the highest load, have least number of active users, experience worst outage, have least relevant advanced capabilities, and have not been recently selected for discontinued communications.
  • the cooperation may be instructed by communicating a re ⁇ quest for instructing a local access node to at least tempo ⁇ rarily discontinue at least a part of its wireless communica ⁇ tions.
  • Instructions for an access node to at least temporari- ly serve a communication device relocated from a local access node may also be communicated.
  • the relocation request may al ⁇ so send also to at least one higher level access node.
  • At least one idle communication device whose service would af ⁇ fected, if in active state, may be notified about the discon- tinued communications by the at least one local access node.
  • Communication devices may be informed of existing interference control cooperation between local access nodes.
  • Reactivation of the at least partially discontinued wireless communications and relocation of transferred commu- nication devices back to the at least one base station may be provided in response to determining that interference control between local access nodes is no longer required.
  • Interference control cooperation messages can be ex ⁇ changed between the local access nodes.
  • a node such as a base station or a mobile station can be configured to operate in accordance with the various embodi ⁇ ments.
  • the apparatus may be provided in a node suitable for controlling femto nodes.
  • a computer program comprising program code means adapted to perform the method may also be provided.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a network accord- ing to some embodiments
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of a mobile communi ⁇ cation device according to certain embodiments
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic diagram of a control appara ⁇ tus according to some embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 shows a flowchart according to an embodiment.
  • LTE Long-term evolution
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Part ⁇ nership Project
  • LTE-Advanced a base station of a cellular system, for example what is known as NodeB (NB) in the vocabulary of the 3GPP specifications.
  • NB NodeB
  • the LTE employs a mobile architecture known as the Evolved Universal Terre ⁇ strial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) .
  • E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terre ⁇ strial Radio Access Network
  • Base stations of such systems are known as evolved or enhanced Node Bs (eNBs) and may provide E-UTRAN features such as user plane Radio Link Control/Medium Access Control/Physical layer protocol (RLC/MAC/PHY) and control plane Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol terminations towards the user devices.
  • eNBs evolved or enhanced Node Bs
  • RLC/MAC/PHY Radio Link Control/Medium Access Control/Physical layer protocol
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • Other exam ⁇ ples of radio access system include those provided by base stations of systems that are based on technologies such as wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) .
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • WiMax Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
  • a wireless communication system mobile communication devices or user equipments (UE) 103 are provided wireless access via at least one base station or similar wireless transmitting and/or receiving node or point.
  • UE user equipments
  • FIG. 1 example two overlapping access systems or radio service areas of a cellular or macro level system 100 and 110 and three lo ⁇ cal level radio service areas 115, 117 and 119 provided by access nodes 106, 107, 116, 118 and 120, respectively, are shown. It is noted that although only three local access nodes 115, 117 and 119 are shown in Figure 1 for clarity, a great number of such local nodes and cells can be provided.
  • a local service area can be provided by a femto access node.
  • a femtocell or anoth ⁇ er local service area can be understood to refer to a cell provided a small and relatively simple base station, such as a base station designed for use in a home, business environ ⁇ ment such as an office, or other such location.
  • a femtocell can also cover any hotspots indoors and outdoors.
  • a femtocell provides a low power, high-performance access device that op- erates in licensed spectrum, providing low-cost coverage and capacity for small areas.
  • a femtocell can connect to a ser ⁇ vice provider' s network via a data connection such as a broadband Internet backhaul.
  • a femtocell allows service pro ⁇ viders to extend service coverage, especially where access would otherwise be limited or unavailable.
  • the concept is ap ⁇ plicable to all standards, including WCDMA GSM, CDMA2000, TD- SCDMA, WiMAX and LTE solutions.
  • a Home NodeB HNB
  • HeNB Home eNodeB
  • HeNB is an LTE femtocell.
  • Deployment of local access nodes such as femto access nodes is not necessarily anyhow coordinated. For example, in a building different occupants can install a number of femto access points without any knowledge of other installations in the building. This can result a situation where collocated femto nodes are positioned relatively close next to each oth ⁇ er. For example, there may only be relatively thin partitions such as wall, floors or some lightweight structures between the femto access nodes. This may cause interference for com ⁇ munications by the nodes, in particular if they are operating in same or shared spectrum resource and/or in high load situ ⁇ ations. This can result in an operation-and-performance out- age that can affect all involved collocated femto access nodes .
  • Each mobile communication device 103 is shown for clarity, although a number of communication devices (active and inactive) might be located in the shown service areas.
  • Each mobile communication device and station may have one or more radio channels open at the same time and may send signals to and/or receive signals from more than one source.
  • the radio service area borders are schematically shown for illustration purposes only in Figure 1. It shall also be understood that the sizes and shapes of radio service areas may vary considerably from the shapes of Figure 1.
  • An access node such as a base station site can provide one or more cells.
  • a base station can also provide a plurality of sectors, for example three radio sec ⁇ tors, each sector providing a cell or a subarea of a cell. All sectors within a cell can be served by the same base sta ⁇ tion.
  • Access nodes are typically controlled by at least one appropriate controller apparatus so as to enable operation thereof and management of mobile communication devices in communication with the base stations.
  • Each access node can have its own control apparatus.
  • a control appa ⁇ ratus can be provided to control the respective macro level base stations 106 and 107. It is noted that more than one ma ⁇ cro level base station may be controlled by a control appara ⁇ tus.
  • the femto cells 115, 117 and 119 are also provided with an appropriate control apparatus.
  • a control apparatus for controlling one of more of the cells can be interconnected with other control entities, gateways and so on. The control apparatus and functions may be distributed between a plurali ⁇ ty of control units.
  • the macro level stations 106 and 107 are shown as connected to a wider communications net ⁇ work 113 via gateway 112.
  • a further gateway function may be provided to connect to another network.
  • the local level access nodes 116, 118 and 120 can also be connected to the network 113, for example by a separate gateway function.
  • the femto access nodes are connected via a femto gateway 111 to the gateway 112, and there through to the net ⁇ work 113.
  • a possible mobile communication device for wireless com ⁇ munications with the access nodes will now be described in more detail in reference to Figure 2 showing a schematic, partially sectioned view of a communication device 200.
  • a communication device is often referred to as user equipment (UE) or terminal.
  • An appropriate mobile communication device may be provided by any device capable of sending and receiv- ing radio signals.
  • Non-limiting examples include a mobile station (MS) such as a mobile phone or what is known as a 'smart phone', a portable computer provided with a wireless interface card or other wireless interface facility, personal data assistant (PDA) provided with wireless communication ca ⁇ pabilities, or any combinations of these or the like.
  • MS mobile station
  • PDA personal data assistant
  • a mo ⁇ bile communication device may provide, for example, communi ⁇ cation of data for carrying communications such as voice, electronic mail (email), text message, multimedia and so on. Users may thus be offered and provided numerous services via their communication devices. Non-limiting examples of these services include two-way or multi-way calls, data communica ⁇ tion or multimedia services or simply an access to a data communications network system, such as the Internet. User may also be provided broadcast or multicast data. Non-limiting examples of the content include downloads, television and ra ⁇ dio programs, videos, advertisements, various alerts and oth ⁇ er information.
  • the mobile device 200 may receive signals over an air interface 207 via appropriate apparatus for re ⁇ ceiving and may transmit signals via appropriate apparatus for transmitting radio signals.
  • transceiver apparatus is designated schematically by block 206.
  • the tran ⁇ sceiver apparatus 206 may be provided for example by means of a radio part and associated antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement may be arranged internally or externally to the mobile device
  • a mobile device is also typically provided with at least one data processing entity 201, at least one memory 202 and other possible components 203 for use in software and hard ⁇ ware aided execution of tasks it is designed to perform, in ⁇ cluding control of access to and communications with access systems and other communication devices.
  • the data processing, storage and other relevant control apparatus can be provided on an appropriate circuit board and/or in chipsets. This fea ⁇ ture is denoted by reference 204.
  • the user may control the operation of the mobile device by means of a suitable user interface such as key pad 205, voice commands, touch sensi- tive screen or pad, combinations thereof or the like.
  • a dis ⁇ play 208, a speaker and a microphone can be also provided.
  • a mobile communication device may comprise ap ⁇ limbate connectors (either wired or wireless) to other de- vices and/or for connecting external accessories, for example hands-free equipment, thereto.
  • Figure 3 shows an example of a control apparatus for a communication system, for example to be coupled to and/or for controlling one or more transceiver stations of an access system.
  • base stations comprise a separate control apparatus.
  • the control apparatus can be another network element.
  • the control apparatus 300 can be arranged to provide interference control coordination on wireless communications by the local access nodes the ser- vice area of the system.
  • the control apparatus can be confi ⁇ gured to provide control functions in association with access control, cell selection, communications with access nodes and user equipment and so on in accordance with certain embodi ⁇ ments described below.
  • the control apparatus 300 comprises at least one memory 301, at least one data processing unit 302, 303 and an input/output interface 304. Via the interface the control apparatus can be coupled to a receiver and a transmitter of the base station.
  • the control apparatus can be configured to execute an appropriate soft- ware code to provide the control functions.
  • Figure 4 illustrates in a general level flow chart a possible operation in accordance with an embodiment.
  • An in ⁇ terference control cooperation mechanisms is triggered at 40 in response to detection of an indication of interference af- fecting wireless communications by local access nodes.
  • Indi ⁇ cation of interference caused by the local access nodes and affecting higher level access nodes may also be used as a trigger.
  • the indication can take various forms, some examples of which are given below.
  • At least one local access node is then determined at 42 for discontinued wireless communica ⁇ tions. More detailed examples for possible mechanisms and criteria for the determination will also be explained in more detail below.
  • Discontinuation of at least a part of wireless communications of the at least one determined local access node is then caused at 44.
  • the determined at least one local access node can be switched into a discon- tinuous reception and transmission mode or stand-by mode and/or the transmitter thereof can simply be switched off.
  • the switching can be temporary, for example until a predefined event or for a predefined period, or permanent.
  • At least one communica- tion device whose service is affected by the discontinued communications is relocated from the at least one local ac ⁇ cess node at 46.
  • the interference control can be based on selective on-off switching of at least a part of the wireless communications by one or more selected femto access nodes.
  • Some of the col- located femto access nodes may be nominated beforehand or dy ⁇ namically selected to switch off its radio and go into a stand-by or discontinuous reception and transmission (DRX) sleep mode.
  • the stand-by or sleep mode may be instructed for at least on a shared spectrum portion or channel where an outage is detected or determined to occur so that other femto access nodes can continue their operation.
  • femto access nodes Users affected by the reduced or switched off communica ⁇ tions capabilities of femto access nodes may be relocated to other access nodes.
  • a communication device 103 of Figure 1 communicating via a switching-off femto access node 116 may be temporarily, or permanently, relocated to and served by another collocated femto access node, for example 120.
  • a communication device may be relocated to a selected higher level access node such as one of the overlay ⁇ ing macro base stations 106 or 107 of Figure 1.
  • a local access node or nodes may be switched off only for the purposes of efficient and/or optimised overall performance of the entire set of collocated neighbours, and only if users thereof can be reas ⁇ sured of an appropriate service by the rest of the collocated local access nodes or overlaying higher level access nodes during the switch-off period.
  • Mechanisms and signalling procedures to realize the in ⁇ terference control cooperation may be provided dynamically on-the-fly and on the need basis.
  • Relevant femto network ele ⁇ ments can be configured to perform one or more of the tasks required .
  • central control is pro ⁇ vided to enable the cooperation between various access nodes.
  • the cooperation may be configured and controlled centrally by a femto-operating network control element.
  • centralised control can be provided by a femto gateway 111 of Figure 1.
  • Other possible control entities include operation and maintenance (OAM) server, self-organizing optimizing network (SON) server and a mobile management entity (MME) .
  • OAM operation and maintenance
  • SON self-organizing optimizing network
  • MME mobile management entity
  • the interference control cooperation may be configured by the owner or operator of a femto access node.
  • Configura ⁇ tion information for enabling the operation may include a list of femto access nodes that may participate in the coop ⁇ eration, closed subscriber group (CSG) user lists of partici- pating access nodes, predefined conditions for triggering the cooperation, policies for selecting femto access nodes to switch-off transmitters and/or receivers, and so on.
  • the con ⁇ figuration information van be provided and/or configured at the network side.
  • the interference control coordination feature may also be arranged such that it can be switched between on and off states. Switching between on and off states may be provided for various reasons and at various times. For example, a user, owner or operator of the femto node can set the state based on his/hers preferences at the time of installing the femto node, and/or later e.g. when interference is recognised as causing problems.
  • the control can be initiated in response to detection of a need for interference control.
  • Detection of need for cooperation in interference control may be based on detection of at least one predefined event such as for example a local radio outage or a sudden drop of local radio traffic performance, for example effec ⁇ tive throughput or data rate.
  • the outage may be for example on a fixed control channel and/or on any part of a shared spectrum resource.
  • Outages may be monitored and detected ⁇ ⁇ - the-fly' at each femto cell. Monitoring may also be provided collectively. Collective monitoring may be partially based on monitoring at individual femto access nodes in a distributed control system.
  • the monitoring may alternatively be provided at a central femto controller, such as a femto gate ⁇ way, a MME, an OAM or a SON server or a particular interference control apparatus.
  • Detection of a need for interference control cooperation can also be based on indication based on regular radio performance monitoring functions. These include local measure ⁇ ments and reporting where detection of a predefined condition e.g. in view of signals strengths and/or quality can trigger the interference control operations.
  • a need for cooperated interference control may also be determined proactively. For example, a determination cam be made that there are too many collocated femto access nodes activated at the same time in an area. For example, it can be determined that the size of a detected neighbour list exceeds a certain threshold.
  • Interference control cooperation between the local level access nodes can be dynamically initiated by issuing a coop- eration request. In case of a central femto controller, this can be done upon detecting a local outage of interest and de ⁇ termining that interference control is needed.
  • the femto con ⁇ troller may then determine and select one or more femto cells that shall switch off their radios and go into sleep or stand-by mode. For example, the controller may select the most x exposed' local access nodes which may have a largest list of detected neighbours. Another possibility is to select at least one access node that serves just best-effort traffic type and/or that has the highest load and/or the least number of active users.
  • At least one such access node is selected that experiences the worst outage conditions and/or has the least relevant advanced capabilitiesi ⁇ ties.
  • a possibility is to select access nodes that have not been selected recently. For example, access nodes may be se- lected in the basis of fairness in the order where a node with a longest time period without a switch-off selection is selected first and so forth.
  • the central femto controller may then issue either common or individual cooperation request to the femto access nodes of an affected group or cluster for initiating the co ⁇ operation.
  • the request may contain embedded reconfiguration information.
  • the request may instruct individual femto access nodes to prepare to switch off temporarily as specified and configured.
  • All active users of those femto access node(s) that have been select to be switched off can be handed over to remaining active nodes or to selected overlaying higher level access nodes.
  • a communication device can be handed over to a macro base station or to a pico base sta ⁇ tion.
  • a request or notification may also be sent to communica ⁇ tion devices using services provided by those femto access nodes that are selected for the switch-off. Such message to the users may also be addressed to selected overlay macro and/or pico access nodes as well. This can be provided, for example, for the purposes of reassuring certain service level agreements of individual femto access nodes with their sub- scribed operators or service providers.
  • Idle users for example idle users belonging to a rele ⁇ vant closed subscriber group (CSG) , of the selected femto ac ⁇ cess node(s) which are currently only camping in the femto access node(s) may be notified and redirected or handed over to one of the remaining femto access nodes, or to selected overlay macro base stations.
  • CSG closed subscriber group
  • Those CSG users of the selected femto access nodes that are currently away from the femto cell may be tracked, paged and notified as well.
  • a communication device may have been arranged to detect that an interference control coopera ⁇ tion mechanism is operational and that the mechanism affects it.
  • the communication device can be arranged to select one of the femto access nodes for replacement by itself. This can be provided e.g. by allowing the remaining active collocated femto access nodes to advertise about the current cooperation and indicate support for CSG of the switched-off femto access node or nodes.
  • the members of the CSG of the selected switched-off femto access node or nodes may be pro ⁇ vided with a list of other collocated femto access nodes or selected overlay macro cells for possible selection of a serving cell replacement during the cooperation time.
  • the re ⁇ maining femto access nodes and the selected overlay macros can be configured to receive the members of the CSG from the switched-off femto access nodes, at least for the duration of the cooperation state.
  • the interference control operation may also be modified during the duration thereof.
  • the operation may also be ended in response to a predefined event.
  • a need to modify the coop ⁇ eration or that cooperation is no longer needed may be detected or triggered based on e.g. status and performance monitoring of the remaining active femto access nodes or se ⁇ lected overlay macro cells involved in the cooperation. For example, changes in traffic load of local femto users includ ⁇ ing those of the switched-off femto access nodes may be moni ⁇ tored. A reduction in load may indicate that the switched- off node can be reactivated.
  • a femto access node It can also be monitored if a femto access node is requesting to be out of the cooperation before deactivation, and/or if a femto access node still ex ⁇ periences outage, interference and so on.
  • one or more further femto access nodes may be se- lected to be switched off, if the interference situation con ⁇ tinues, or even worsens.
  • the interference conditions permitting, at least some switched-off femto ac ⁇ cess node(s) may be switched back on to resume operation.
  • CSG users of those resumed femto access node(s) may be moved back to be served by their own femto ac ⁇ cess nodes, and thus the other femto access node(s) may no longer need to support CSG users of the resumed femto access node ( s ) .
  • a switched-off femto access node may be able to take part in detecting and triggering a cooperation modification or end thereof. This may be the case e.g. when the switching off is only considered necessary on a part of the communica- tion operations and the switched-off femto access nodes are only partially switched-off and thus may still be serving their users to some extent.
  • a controller apparatus can provide at least some centralized control.
  • a distributed control option or a hybrid decentralized arrange ⁇ ment may also be provided.
  • an appropriate interface or other means for communications between local nodes need to be made available for communications, certain control decisions and signalling messages are made by collo ⁇ cated femto access nodes and exchanged between them for fa ⁇ cilitating the cooperation.
  • neighbouring local access nodes and overlaying macro base stations can be capa ⁇ ble of discovery and communications with each other either over a direct radio interface or via a concentrator desig ⁇ nated for possible coordinated and cooperative deployment and operation of collocated local access nodes.
  • the local access node may initiate the cooperation with its neighbours, including overlaying higher level base sta ⁇ tions.
  • the initiating access node can nominate itself or an ⁇ other node to switch its radio off, at least in part, by is ⁇ suing a request. Further interactions of collocated local ac- cess nodes for e.g. the cooperation agreement, modification, and ending as described above may be carried out in the same distributed or decentralized fashion between the collocated local nodes.
  • the required data processing apparatus and functions of a control apparatus for central control or distributed con ⁇ trol and/or a communication device, where appropriate, and any other node or element may be provided by means of one or more data processors.
  • the described functions may be provided by separate processors or by an integrated processor.
  • the da ⁇ ta processors may be of any type suitable to the local tech ⁇ nical environment, and may include one or more of general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microproces ⁇ sors, digital signal processors (DSPs) , application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) , gate level circuits and proces ⁇ sors based on multi core processor architecture, as non li ⁇ miting examples.
  • the data processing may be distributed across several data processing modules.
  • a data processor may be provided by means of, for example, at least one chip. Ap-litiste memory capacity can also be provided in the rele ⁇ vant devices.
  • the memory or memories may be of any type suit ⁇ able to the local technical environment and may be imple ⁇ mented using any suitable data storage technology, such as semiconductor based memory devices, magnetic memory devices and systems, optical memory devices and systems, fixed memory and removable memory.
  • An appropriately adapted computer program code product or products may be used for implementing the embodiments, when loaded or otherwise provided on an appropriate data processing apparatus, for example for causing determinations for the need of control and selection of appropriate access nodes and subsequent operations.
  • the program code product for providing the operation may be stored on, provided and embo- died by means of an appropriate carrier medium.
  • An appropriate computer program can be embodied on a computer readable record medium. A possibility is to download the program code product via a data network.
  • the various embodi- ments may be implemented in hardware or special purpose cir ⁇ cuits, software, logic or any combination thereof.
  • Embodi ⁇ ments of the inventions may be practiced in various compo ⁇ nents such as integrated circuit modules. The design of in ⁇ tegrated circuits is by and large an automated process. Com- plex and powerful tools are available for converting a logic level design into a semiconductor circuit design ready to be formed on a semiconductor substrate.
  • the above described embodiment may provide an effective outage-avoidance solution in local-area deployment and femto services.
  • the embodiment may be used to ensure quality of service (QoS) and/or quality of end user experience (QoE) for local users while enhancing both spectral and energy effi ⁇ ciency .
  • QoS quality of service
  • QoE quality of end user experience

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L'invention concerne des procédés et des appareils pour commander une interférence. Une coopération entre au moins deux nœuds d'accès peut être initiée en réponse à une indication d'une interférence affectant des communications sans fil par des nœuds d'accès. Au moins un nœud d'accès local peut être déterminé pour des communications sans fil discontinues, ce par quoi après, au moins une partie des communications sans fil du ou des nœuds d'accès local est discontinue.
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